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CHEYENNE, Okla. - J. Warren Chalfant, 84, died Thursday, July 11, 2002.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Cheyenne United Methodist
Church with Andy Taylor and Aubrey Cowan officiating. Burial will be
in Cheyenne Cemetery by Rose Chapel Funeral Service.
Mr. Chalfant was born Jan. 17, 1918, in Cheyenne to Loura (Warren)
and William Lowe Chalfant. He graduated from Cheyenne High School
and from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in pharmacy. He
was married to Mary Virginia (Glover) at Rush Springs, Okla., on
Jan. 7, 1939.
He volunteered for the Army and was commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the First Calvary Division. Prior to deployment to
North Africa, he went to the Pentagon with General Conder to assist
in planning the invasion.
After deployment, the division met with Patton, joined him, broke
out, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and went to Frankfort, where
they again met Patton. Next they fought through MacNassy, Algiers
and Tanzia and on to Sicily.
He went into Sicily H-20 as a reconnaissance officer. He was sent to
the first infantry division to coordinate the 62nd Armored Field
Artillery Battalion. After the war, he continued to serve in the
reserve and was called up during the Korean Conflict.
He received six bronze battle stars, two bronze arrowheads for
invasions and returned as a major and battalion executive officer.
After his discharge he returned to Roger Mills County and
established his ranch north of Cheyenne.
He had served as president of the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association
and was a board member for the American Quarter Horse Association.
He was a member of the Cheyenne United Methodist Church and had been
a member of the Cheyenne Masonic Lodge.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; a daughter, Gay Chalfant of
Amarillo; a son, Jay Chalfant and wife, Carolyn, of Cheyenne; a
sister, Jean Jack of Sulphur; two brothers, Billy Chalfant of
Cheyenne and Wesley Chalfant of Midland, Texas; seven grandsons; two
great-grandsons; three great-granddaughters; a special friend, Lana
Merrick of Cheyenne; and a host of other relatives and friends.
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